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Meaningful Medicine with Novant Health — 115 episodes

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1

Rocky Business: Why Kidney Stones Form — and How to Treat Them

2

Keeping the Beat: How Pacemakers Protect the Heart’s Rhythm

3

What Triggers Food Noise and Cravings

4

New Hope For Advanced Heart Failure

5

Not Just a Smoker’s Disease: Rethinking Lung Cancer Risk

6

How to Treat Aneurysms, Carotid Disease and PAD: A Vascular Surgeon Explains

7

Pregnancy and Heart Health: A Cardiologist Explains

8

New Medications Changing Care for Rare Heart Conditions

9

How to Know If You Need Heart Surgery

10

Bunion Breakdown

11

Strengthening Cardiometabolic Health

12

Understanding Memory, Cognition, and Dementia

13

A Compassionate Approach to Adolescent Weight and Health

14

Why Me? Understanding What Really Causes Breast Cancer

15

Brand‑New Baby, Brand‑New Questions

16

From Hydration to Urination: When to Consult a Pediatric Urologist

17

Before the Surgery: Expert Answers

18

Ringing in the Ears: Understanding Tinnitus

19

Moments That Matter: Understanding Pediatric Seizures and Epilepsy

20

Destroying Liver Tumors Without Surgery

21

“Hormones, Myths and Menopause: A Doctor’s Real Talk Guide”

22

How Neurosurgeons Save Healthy Brain Tissue

23

How Spine Surgery Can Support Mobility

24

Move More, Hurt Less: Avoid These Common injuries

25

Common Misconceptions About Pain

26

Caring for Courageous Kids: Advancing Pediatric Sickle Cell Care

27

Understanding Lung Cancer Screening - And Lung Nodules

28

Beyond the NICU: Supporting Development, Growth & Families After Early Beginnings

29

How Electrical Pulses Can Target Cancer Cells

30

How an Injection Can Treat Prostate Cancer

31

How Doctors Treat Brain Emergencies

32

Beyond the Scale: The Science, Myths, and Future of Bariatric Surgery

33

Pickleball and the Achilles: Staying in the Game Without Getting Sidelined

34

Steadying Hands, Changing Lives: The Incisionless Brain Surgery Giving Hope to Tremor Patients

35

Calming the Flare: Understanding and Advancing Care for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis

36

More Than a Phase: Helping Picky Eaters Thrive

37

Your First Line of Defense Against Diabetes: Your Primary Care Doctor

38

Why You Can’t Out-Exercise a Crummy Diet

39

Hormone ‘Balancing’ Myths: What Women Really Need to Know

40

GLP-1s Unpacked: What to Know About Today’s Weight-Loss Medications

41

What to Expect When You're Stressing: A Heart Doctor Explains Your Stress Test

42

Overhead Athletes: Protecting the Shoulder & Elbow to Stay in the Game

43

Ahead of the Game: Protecting Young Athletes’ Knees

44

The Stigma Associated with Weight-Loss Surgery

45

Top Hand and Wrist Injuries

46

How Preventive Care Performance Helped Drive a No. 1 in the Nation Score for Quality

47

Before the Scalpel: Helpful Injections Ahead of Knee Replacement

48

Navigating Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy

49

What Can You Do About An Enlarged Prostate?

50

Let's Get One Thing Straight: Robots Don't Perform Surgery

51

Strong Foundations: Understanding Pelvic Floor Health

52

5 Natural Ways to Manage Your Blood Pressure

53

The Age-Old Question: What Stage of Life is Best for Joint Replacement Surgery?

54

Can Virtual Care Replace My Doctor?

55

Tips to Maximize Longevity

56

Understanding a Mammogram Report

57

How Much Caffeine Is Too Much?

58

Breast Cancer Screening 101

59

Under the Skin: How to Detect Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers

60

Saving Lives Through Smart Policy: How States Can Transform Sepsis Care

61

What's Causing My Pelvic Pain?

62

Is This Normal? Ages 18 Months To 3 Years

63

Can a Smartwatch Detect Heart Problems?

64

Why Everyone Should Have A Primary Care Doctor

65

Why 'Dementia" May Actually Be NPH. Signs and Symptoms

66

Understanding Structural Heart Disease

67

Want to Feel Better and Sharper? These Foods Can Help

68

What’s Normal? Understanding Health & Behavior in 6–8-Year-Olds

69

When A Heartstopping Play Goes Wrong: What Every Parent Should Know

70

How to Prevent Colon Cancer

71

Exploring the Power of Lifestyle Medicine

72

Can Stress Kill?

73

Brain Tips For Kids

74

What To Know During Your First Trimester

75

Fighting Incurable (with Cellular Therapy)

76

What Birth Control Is Right For Me?

77

Little Minds, Big Leaps: Understanding Ages 3 to 5

78

Navigating Life Beyond Parkinson's

79

Migraine 101, and When To See A Specialist

80

Diagnostic Screenings Can Reveal Ticking Time Bombs

81

How Balanced Eating Can Jumpstart Your Health

82

Can I Donate My Stem Cells To Save A Life?

83

Stroke: You Can Prevent It, AI Can Detect It, Your Doctor Can Fix It

84

The Intersection of Traditional and Holistic Cancer Treatment

85

What To Know About Breast Reconstruction After Cancer

86

More Than Just a Headache: What to Know About Migraine

87

Urology Care

88

Interested in Weight Loss Surgery? Here's What You Need To Know

89

Heart Health and Cancer

90

When Your Body Attacks YOU! (Autoimmune Disorders)

91

From Picky Eaters To Tummy Troubles, Tips Every Parent Will Want To Know

92

Too Young For Colorectal Cancer? Think Again

93

The Link Between Diet And Colon Cancer

94

Suffering From Acid Reflux? There Could Be A Surgical Fix

95

Aging Doesn’t Have To Be Painful

96

Pediatric Oncology

97

The Procedure Helping Women Stop Normalizing Their Discomfort

98

GYN Cancers: Advocate For Yourself

99

Advanced Care For Our Smallest Patients

100

Understanding Your Type: An In-Depth Look At Diabetes Management

101

Too Old For Spine Surgery?

102

What Is A Heart Valve Problem, And How Do You Fix It?

103

How Weight Loss Surgery Can Jumpstart Your Health

104

You’re Not Alone With Your Brain Tumor

105

You Don't Have To Keep Putting Up With Bladder Leaks

106

Heal To Toe: Addressing Foot Pain

107

The Doctor Will See You Now: Choosing Your PCP

108

Who Needs a Mammogram? And a Rundown on Treatment

109

Using Next Gen Technology to Treat AFib

110

Advanced Heart Failure Treatments Help Correct The Body's Pump

111

What's Causing My Pelvic Pain?

112

65+ and Thriving: Should I See a Geriatrician?

113

Is A Clinical Trial Right For Me?

114

Neurologist On Why Everyone Needs To Spot Stroke Symptoms

115

Does It Run In The Family?